Department of Medicine Presents: Translating to Humans

You’ve worked tirelessly to understand the nature of the disease and after years of research you’ve been able to demonstrate the effective use of a new potential treatment or therapy using animal models. But is your innovation effective in humans? 
Or you’ve noticed something that might help better identify a potential outcome for a patient. Where do you start? What does it take to translate observations or discoveries into interventions for actual patients in the clinic?  

This week in conversation TR Talks explores the opportunities and obstacles of moving research into patients.

As part of the graduate seminar in the Master of Health Science in Translational Research, Fundamentals of Translational Research, the discussion series is hosted by Faculty of Medicine’s Translational Research Program (TRP) and the five collaborating Departments participating in the development of the Toronto Translational HUB (Department of Psychiatry, Medicine, Imaging, Surgery and Paediatrics).

Geared to an inter-professional community of clinicians, researchers, and trainees, the series is intended to provoke discussion and community building. The Talks, are intended to provide an overview of the health innovation landscape while introducing the ‘tools and competencies’ needed to systematically ‘translate’ science more effectively.

Each seminar in the series is two hours. During the first hour, TRP graduate students will facilitate a discussion among all the panel discussants and audience about Translational challenges and opportunities. During the second hour, each of the discussants will meet in smaller groups with attendees to continue the conversation and network.